The Internet is Killing the Collector in Me

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Anyone else feel this way, or am I just a grumpy fuckhead?

Well, you are a grumpy fuckhead but I feel this way too. I like my physical cases and booklets and goodies. I'll always prefer discs to cloud based or hard drive based collections for movies/games/etc.

Pikaman is the future, get with the program.

This world began with Pikaman, and it will end with Pikaman. He is the alpha and the omega.

Repent your sins, Guffe, for the end is nigh.

The future is bleak.

 

[Amir Kondori]

I used to be a big collector (video games and comics, mostly). Now with the advent of digital games, movie and TV streaming sites, and other avenues for digital content I've found that I don't really "own" a whole lot of new stuff. I mostly play games on PC these days, and while I typically buy physical disks if they're available, the vast majority of my PC games are digital. I can't even remember the last time I bought a physical film or tv series!

I know, I know, this is basically the epitome of "first world problems", but I get kinda sad thinking about it. Like, what about fifteen years from now when I want to show my kids stuff from the late 00's and on? Am I just going to type the name into Skynet Google and instantly download whatever it is I want to show them/play with them? No fiddling with cords and ancient video inputs? That's part of the charm! Right?

Bah! I think I am going to try collecting stuff again. I've already started again with comic TPBs (I don't buy comics week-to-week anymore), and I am considering buying $300 worth of Berserk manga so I can read it the way it was meant to be read (i.e. not scans).

Anyone else feel this way, or am I just a grumpy fuckhead?

It is by no means a perfect solution but I make GOG.com my first stop for any PC game I'm going to buy. They will only sell DRM free games and their catalog is growing all the time. Its the last day of their summer sale today actually. I can download the installers and as long as I keep them, backed up, burned to disc, flash drive, etc., I can install and play them, one year from now or forty years from now.

Hollywood needs to realize if they would just sell DRM free HD movies for reasonable prices people would buy the shit out of them. You know how many movies I would buy if they did that? Now I have to sit here and wonder about the "P" word.